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Friday, June 24, 2011

On The Eve of War

Well, the heats are over. I think it was probably the most nervous I’ve been for a race in a long time. It’s been a couple of years since I’ve had to go through this process and my confidence isn’t quite where it should be right now! Time to turn the swag on… I was in the first heat of three and Milne set an honest pace from the start; I just went along for the ride. It didn’t feel as easy as I would have liked, but it also wasn’t too bad. The important thing is that I got an auto qualifier with a 3rd place finish in 3:48.95.

Our group had a good couple of days with everyone making it through to the 800m finals and then all five of us qualifying for the 1500m finals today! Why the 800m guys get a day off in between their heats/finals while the 1500m is on back-to-back days is beyond me?!

The meet will be airing LIVE on CBC from 4-6pm EST. You might be able to find it streaming as well: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/ My race will go off at 5:20, so make sure you tune in!